Steeple zapped in Medway

adamg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:35:36 -0400

Paul Keleher photographed the Medway Community Church after it got struck by lightning this morning. Before photo.

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Zap - ouch!

adamg — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:09:18 -0400

The Globe reports:

Ten soccer game spectators were injured — four of them critically — in Dorchester today when they sought refuge under a gigantic tree that was struck by lightning during a flash storm

I like how the Globe follows that with:

The victims, all males, had burns consistent with lightning strikes, authorities said.

Because you know how people in Dorchester love to make up stories about getting hit by lightning.

Lightning also knocked out Green Line service between Harvard Avenue and Packard's Corner. In fact, it hit a trolley. Amazingly, nobody hurt.